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His boosters who are now discussing this story as if it were the trial of the century are doing so on purpose, to exaggerate the stakes and, thus, to artificially inflate the burden of proof that Republican senators will require Ford to overcome. This is a clever bit of elision, and it is also disingenuous bullshit.

Let's say this louder for the folks in the back. This is not a trial! This is a job interview!

200k in debt for baseball tickets? What the fuck is that about? Perjury about political espionage conducted during the Bush administration? A credible allegation of sexual misconduct?

Thanks, but no thanks. Show Kavanaugh the door and interview the next candidate. It is not Kavanaugh's right to sit on the court. It is OUR right to have a court that will faithfully enforce the Constitution and protect its legitimacy.

No there was not. There was evidence of potential wrongdoing but the FBI specifically said there was nothing to prosecute in Clinton's case. The chants continued long after (and to this day).

On the other hand, there is evidence Kavanaugh committed a violent crime in the form of a victim's statement.

Now the point here is that neither should be labeled guilty under the law (locked up) until they get a fair trial. But just because they are not guilty in the eyes of the law does not preclude individuals to make personal judgements based on accusations.

Why hasn't one single reporter asked anyone on the Senate committee one simple question: "you held up a supreme court nominee for 11 months before an election so why is there a rush to vote on Kavanaugh?"

Force them to justify that in front of cameras and stop throwing them softballs.

The article is arguing that because Kavanaugh is not on trial, the burden of proof is lower. i.e., Dr. Ford's statements and the corroborating notes from her therapist are enough to disqualify him from SCOTUS.

You're still wrong? There is no right to be appointed to the Supreme Court, anything that enough Senators find objectionable is grounds to be rejected. There is no trial before someone is appointed to the bench, you might know that if you paid attention.

I'm not even the person you were talking to soft-skull. Also I'm right, show me where Kavanaugh has a right to anything in this process. Your boys showed their stance on that a few years ago, they don't even have to give him hearings if they don't want to. Try observing the world for a while before you go getting all snarky about things you don't even remotely understand you entitled child.

His boosters who are now discussing this story as if it were the trial of the century are doing so on purpose, to exaggerate the stakes and, thus, to artificially inflate the burden of proof that Republican senators will require Ford to overcome. This is a clever bit of elision, and it is also disingenuous bullshit. Whether Kavanaugh's act satisfies the statutory elements of a given offense is not at issue. Nor is whether his "guilt" is provable beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. What matters is if he attacked this woman in a drunken stupor; if he is lying about it in order win the job he covets; and if he is willing to lie again, this time under oath.

Every single time I argue with Trump supporters about this they start squealing about his fifth amendment rights and a trial of his peers and statue of limitations.

He's in a fucking job interview. He isn't on criminal trial.

He has zero right to that job. The people of America own the Supreme Court, and Kavanaugh's views do not match the majority of Americans.

A rape accusation as credible and well-substantiated as Fords absolutely could, and should, exclude him from consideration.

And it really doesn't matter one flying fuck if you think that's fair. He's already climbed far higher in society than he deserves by his merit, and even if it weren't for the rape allegation, he's still a pretty shitty judge who said a lot of dumb things during his confirmation hearing, like that he believes all roads lead to Glucksberg, and on top of that, the American people are missing 93% of his files.

Article is a pushback on hyperbolic rhetoric being used by the GOP to exaggerate the fallout of this spectacle.

Instead, if Brett Kavanaugh assaulted Christine Blasey Ford, the only consequence he would suffer—assuming Republicans find his behavior objectionable, which I hope is likely but admit is not guaranteed—is not becoming an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court, a fate he would share with all but a dozen living Americans. After several days of somber postmortems for his candidacy in the conservative blogosphere, Kavanaugh would return to a relatively anonymous existence of living in the D.C. suburbs, serving as a life-tenured federal judge, and attending as many Nationals games as his heart desires. Robert Bork survived. So did Douglas Ginsburg. So did Merrick Garland, the chief judge of the appellate court on which Kavanaugh now sits, whose sole disqualifying characteristic for the Supreme Court was the fact that his nomination came from a Democratic president. Life will go on for Brett Kavanaugh, and no matter what, it will be very comfortable.